Homemade Bombs Detonated at Jehovah’s Witness Convention in India
Police in India’s southern state of Kerala announced three fatalities from the bombing of a Jehovah’s Witness convention.
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Reuters: Stringent Gun Control Failed to Prevent Alleged Attacker Shooting, Killing Six in Germany
Reuters noted Friday that Germany’s stringent gun control failed to prevent the attack which resulted in the deaths of six innocents and the alleged shooter the previous day.
Hamburg Shooting: Police Were Warned About Suspect, Unborn Baby Among Victims
Police in Germany were warned about the suspect in a mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg but failed to act, reports suggest.
Hamburg Mass Shooting: AP Overview of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany
(AP) – Several people were killed and injured Thursday night after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said.
Seven People Reportedly Shot Dead, Eight Injured, in ‘Bloodbath’ Church Attack in Hamburg, Germany
Seven people were reportedly shot dead in what is being described as a “bloodbath” in a church in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday evening.
Virginia Tech Coach Mike Young Insults Jehovah’s Witnesses Before Florida Game
Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach Mike Young took a cheap shot at the Christian denomination group Jehovah’s Witnesses on Tuesday during a press call leading up to Friday’s game with the University of Florida.
Russia Expands Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russian authorities opened a criminal case this week against five Jehovah’s Witnesses on suspicion of “organizing and participating in the activities of an extremist organization” for allegedly promoting their namesake religious group, which is officially outlawed as an “extremist ideology” in Russia.
Russia Escalates War on Christians with More Jehovah’s Witnesses Arrests
Russian authorities have detained a man in western Siberia “on suspicion of setting up a cell” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group, considered an “extremist” organization under Russian law, state-run news agency TASS reported on Wednesday.
Russia Detains Journalists for Allegedly Not Social Distancing
The New-York based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Russian government on Friday to release the dozens of journalists and peaceful protesters arrested over the past week and demanded they drop all charges against them.
Darren Collison Retires from the NBA to Focus on Faith
Indiana Pacers guard Darren Collison announced this weekend that he is going to retire from the NBA to have more time to work with the Jehovah’s Witnesses who minister to the less fortunate.
Exclusive: Jehovah’s Witnesses Face Harsh Persecution in Putin’s Russia
Delegations from around the globe were in Washington this week for the U.S.-led, first Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, including two representatives from the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses in New York who used the opportunity to highlight the persecution of followers in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
